Interview with Anti-Extractivist Mayor Ramiro Trujillo (sidebar)

Interview with Anti-Extractivist Mayor Ramiro Trujillo (sidebar)

"We have seen that there is bountiful knowledge and bravery here to defend the right to water. We are always ...
A Hunger Striker Becomes Chile’s Conscience

A Hunger Striker Becomes Chile’s Conscience

On January 28, Patricia Troncoso, a prisoner hospitalized in the city of Chillán, in southern Chile, ended her hunger­ strike ...
A Hunger Striker Becomes Chile’s Conscience

A Hunger Striker Becomes Chile’s Conscience

On January 28, Patricia Troncoso, a prisoner hospitalized in the city of Chillán, in southern Chile, ended her hunger­ strike ...
Peru - "Dirty War" in Ayacucho

Peru – “Dirty War” in Ayacucho

"Terrorists! Tonight we will enter your homes, we'll eat your guts, drink your blood, cut off your heads and gouge ...
An Anatomy of Violence in El Salvador

An Anatomy of Violence in El Salvador

El Salvador, geographically the smallest and most densely populated nation in Latin America, is often described as one of the ...
Colombia: General Strike

Colombia: General Strike

On September 14, Colombia's labor unions called a 24-hour national strike that drew massive public support, with an estimated 25 ...
ECHEVERRÍA AND IMPUNITY

ECHEVERRÍA AND IMPUNITY

When a Mexican prosecutor brought formal charges against former president Luis Echeverría this summer for having ordered the 1971 massacre ...